It's may not be unique to him, but it's still funny, and since he's coming from a lesser-heard group, it's a bit fresher than usual, especially the story of his mom's warnings about what happens at bars. It's a long tradition of comics from minority backgrounds to draw on and imitate their family, and Koy is no different in that way, talking about his heavily-accented mother and grandmother and how he's struggled with their cultural differences.

Taking the stage at the Alex Theater in his home state of California, Koy launches into his bread and butter, talking about his Filipino background. Thanks to this new stand-up special, that's been fixed, and I can say I was pleasantly surprised by him, and also surprised that he's not a bigger star in stand-up.

And thus, I've heard of Jo Koy (and frequently confused him with Martha Stewart sidekick Joey Kola) but I'd never actually seen him perform. So I've seen (or am at least aware of) the vast majority of stand-ups working in recent history. As I noted in my review of long-time stand-up comic Bobby Collins' recent DVD, I live close to New York City, and as a result our local comedy clubs have played host to pretty much every comic on the touring circuit.

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